Table 2:

CASP evaluation of the various qualitative and quantitative studies included in SLR.

Critical appraisal questions	Olsson Möller et al.	Saraswathi et al.	Panchik et al.	Campbell et al.	Samami et al.	Wei et al.	Galliford et al.	Baydoun et al.	Komatsu et al.	Blank et al.	Rao et al.	Wang et al.	Yi et al.	O’Neill et al.	El-Hashimi and Gorey	Hsueh et al.
Did the review address a clearly focused question?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Did the authors look for the right type of papers?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Do you think all the important, relevant studies were included?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Did the review’s authors do enough to assess the quality of the included studies?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
If the results of the review have been combined, was it reasonable to do so?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
What are the overall results of the review?	Yoga-based interventions help in alleviating the mood and reduce the anxiety as seen in many of the studies
How precise are the results?	Highly precise	Highly precise	Highly precise	Highly precise	Highly precise	Highly precise	Highly precise	Highly precise	Highly precise	Highly precise	Highly precise	Highly precise	Highly precise	Highly precise	Highly precise
Can the results be applied to the local population?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Were all important outcomes considered?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Are the benefits worth the harms and costs?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

CASP: Critical appraisal skills programme, SLR: Systematic literature review